Charles I of Anjou lived there as far as 800 years ago! Afterwards, Angevin, Aragonese and Bourbon kings made it the magnificent bric-a-brac it is today. Giotto, Petrarch and Boccaccio were also among the illustrious guests of Maschio Angioino.

Dare to enter Fossa del Coccodrillo

Did you know there once was a crocodile in Naples? It lived right underneath Castel Nuovo and from time to time it fed of the house’s prisoners. In fact, the Angioino crocodile was but a legend told by the likes of Benedetto Croce and Alexandre Dumas. That was until, in 2004, excavations unveiled the animal’s skeleton, together with three ancient vessels. Fossa del Coccodrillo is part of Maschio Angioino’s dungeons.